People's Vanguard Party of Costa Rica

The People's Vanguard Party (PVP) is a communist party in Costa Rica. It was founded as the Workers and Farmers Party in 1931 and soon renamed the Communist Party of Costa Rica before settling on its current name in 1943, and it supported the reformist policies of the Catholic Church and the government. In 1949, the party was banned, and its militant began working as the "Socialist Workers' Action Party". After 1970, the party was once again allowed to contest elections.